Sunday, November 8, 1981
Detroit Lions 31, Washington Redskins 33| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions (4-6-0) | 7 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 31 |
| Washington Redskins (4-6-0) | 10 | 10 | 3 | 10 | 33 |
| DET | WAS | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | WAS | Joe Washington 7 yard rush (Mark Moseley kick) | 0 | 7 |
| WAS | Mark Moseley 21 yard field goal | 0 | 10 | |
| DET | Freddie Scott 36 yard pass from Eric Hipple (Eddie Murray kick) | 7 | 10 | |
| 2nd | DET | Eric Hipple 2 yard rush (Eddie Murray kick) | 14 | 10 |
| WAS | Mark Moseley 33 yard field goal | 14 | 13 | |
| DET | Billy Sims 1 yard rush (Eddie Murray kick) | 21 | 13 | |
| WAS | Art Monk 6 yard pass from Joe Theismann (Mark Moseley kick) | 21 | 20 | |
| 3rd | WAS | Mark Moseley 28 yard field goal | 21 | 23 |
| 4th | DET | Billy Sims 13 yard rush (Eddie Murray kick) | 28 | 23 |
| WAS | Joe Washington 12 yard rush (Mark Moseley kick) | 28 | 30 | |
| DET | Eddie Murray 50 yard field goal | 31 | 30 | |
| WAS | Mark Moseley 44 yard field goal | 31 | 33 |
| DET | WAS | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 24 | 25 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 35-222-3 | 41-193-2 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 14-22-282-1-3 | 19-32-287-1-2 |
| Sacked-yards | 1-5 | 2-16 |
| Net pass yards | 277 | 271 |
| Total yards | 499 | 464 |
| Fumbles-lost | 4-3 | 1-1 |
| Turnovers | 6 | 3 |
| Penalties-yards | 8-69 | 3-60 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Billy Sims | DET | 21 | 159 | 2 | 51 | 2 | 34 | 0 | 18 | ||||||
| Freddie Scott | DET | 8 | 156 | 1 | 36 | ||||||||||
| Eric Hipple | DET | 14 | 22 | 282 | 1 | 3 | 48 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Mark Nichols | DET | 1 | 48 | 0 | 48 | ||||||||||
| Dexter Bussey | DET | 5 | 31 | 0 | 23 | ||||||||||
| Rick Kane | DET | 6 | 28 | 0 | 9 | ||||||||||
| David Hill | DET | 1 | 20 | 0 | 20 | ||||||||||
| Leonard Thompson | DET | 1 | 18 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||||
| Horace King | DET | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Vince Thompson | DET | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Joe Theismann | WAS | 19 | 31 | 287 | 1 | 2 | 60 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Joe Washington | WAS | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 144 | 2 | 14 | 3 | 20 | 0 | 13 |
| Virgil Seay | WAS | 8 | 145 | 0 | 60 | ||||||||||
| Terry Metcalf | WAS | 3 | 67 | 0 | 35 | ||||||||||
| Art Monk | WAS | 3 | 45 | 1 | 30 | ||||||||||
| John Riggins | WAS | 12 | 28 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Don Warren | WAS | 1 | 14 | 0 | 14 | ||||||||||
| Jeff Bostic | WAS | 1 | -4 | 0 | -4 | ||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Jimmy Allen | DET | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Luther Bradley | DET | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Alvin Hall | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 101 | 16.8 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Robbie Martin | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Pete Cronan | WAS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Wilbur Jackson | WAS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Mark H. Murphy | WAS | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Mike Nelms | WAS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 76 | 25.3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Lemar Parrish | WAS | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Tony Peters | WAS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||